The
final chapter is out! I'm actually kinda happy that this story is
finally finished. I have started to lose interest in this fanfic. Now
I can focus on my other fanfics :) Btw I'm sorry that I haven't
updated in a LONG while but school has been crazy. Usually I update
during the weekends but we had family members that visited us so I
wasn't able to and I won't be able to update next week end either. My
little cousin is having his christening so my next update will
probably be in to weeks. Please enjoy this last chapter!

Chapter 20

"I
don't have to go." Ikuto said.

"Yes,
you do. I know you have been waiting for this a long time." Amu
told him.

"I
promise." Ikuto said and wiped away the tears that are rolling down
her cheeks.

Flashback

"I'm
not going!" Ikuto shouted.

"Shh.
You'll wake my parents." Amu whispered and covered his mouth. Once
she made sure that her parents weren't going to wake up, she let go
of him. Thank God that her parents sleep like rocks. "You have to
go."

"You
want me to leave?" Ikuto sounded hurt.

"No,
of course not! It's just that..." Amu trailed off. She couldn't
imagine a world without Ikuto.

"Just
what?" Ikuto wondered.

"He's
your father. And I saw how happy you looked when he came back. I know
that you've always wanted him to come back and now that he has you
can't just throw this chance away because of me." Amu told him.

"I
don't want to leave you." Ikuto said as a single tear ran down his
cheek. This must be the first time that Amu has seen Ikuto cried, and
it would probably be the last.

"Please
don't cry." Amu said as her eyes became watery. "I don't want to
stand in the way of your dreams. And you're not going to lose me.
Someday you will return and when you do, I will be here waiting."

"Promise?"
Ikuto said.

"I
promise." Amu said and kissed him.

"Even
though it take forever?" the kissing had stopped but they still
stayed close enough that they could feel the other one's breath.

"I
promise." Amu said again.

"This
time it was Ikuto who kissed her. Usually their kisses would feel
sweet or passionate, but this
was different. This was somehow sad and needy like if they were
afraid to stop. The taste was mixed with the sweetness of their
mouths and the saltness from her tears.

"Can
I stay the night?" Ikuto asked after they had to break the kiss for
air.

Amu
nodded as they got under the covers. Ikuto played with Amus hair as
her head rested on his chest listening to his heartbeats.

End
of Flashback

"Ikuto,
we need to go or we'll miss the plain." Ikutos father said as he
got into the car.

"I'm
coming." Ikuto called and gave Amu one last hug.

"I-Ikuto."
a voice said from behind him.

He
turned around and saw his little sister standing there with tears
streaming down her face. "Utau?"

"I
know we weren't supposed to give you any last minuet presents, but I
just wanted to give you this." Utau said and gave him a photo. It
was one were they all were little kids, even Tadase and his family
was with the Tsukiyumis. This was taken right after a barbecue that
went terribly wrong. They accidentally burnt down the garage.
Remembering this brought a laugh to escape from Ikutos lips.

"Thanks,
sis." Ikuto hugged his little sister and kissed the top of her
head.

"Ikuto
come on!" his father called again.

"Give
me five seconds!" Ikuto said and turned back around to the people
who had come to see him off.

"Make
sure o send u postcards and let us know what America is like."
Kuukai said with a big thumb up.

"Have
a nice trip, Ikuto." Tadase said.

"Have
a nice trip...what?" Ikuto asked and moved his ear closer.

An
awkward silence was born.

"You
know you want to." Ikuto teased.

"Have a nice trip o-onii-tan." Tadse whispered the last part.

"Aww."
Ikuto said with a grin, but it soon dropped to a sad smile. "I have
to go."

Before
he got into the car, he took one last look at all their faces. "Hey
Nikaido! Take care of them."

"Don't
worry. I will take care if them until you get back." Nikaido said
with a smile.

As
his father started the car and began to drive away, Ikuto noticed in
the rear view mirror that Amu had broken down in the middle of the
street crying. He was about to jump out of the car and comfort her
when his father stopped him.

"Don't.
She just needs a good cry." he assured his son.

Ikuto
leaned back on his seat. The only thing that was going through his
mind was the little pink haired girl who was crying at the side of a
road. "Amu..."

Amu
had finally stopped crying but her mood has not change, unless you
count it going from bad to worse. She still couldn't believe that she
might never see him again.

A
knock was heard on her bedroom door.

"Amu-chan,
may I come in?" her mother, Midori, asked.

"I
guess." Amu answered and then her mother opened the door with a
concerned face.

"Do
you want to talk?" Midori asked and closed the door behind her.

"No."
Amu said.

"You're
sad that he left, right?" Midori asked her daughter, but Amu didn't
respond. She just kept looking the other way. "Didn't you tell him
to leave?"

"That's
only because I didn't want to keep him and his father apart!" nNw
tears started to flow down her face.

"If
you asked him to stay, he would have stayed." Midori said.

"But...
what if he said no?" Amu asked.

"Is
that what you have been afraid of?" Midori asked and gave her
daughter a tissue.

"Why
do you care?! You should be happy. Isn't this what you have always
wanted?" Amu shouted.

Midori
looked at her daughter with wide eyes. "How can you say that?"

"When
you first meet him, you didn't approve of him at all." Amu said.

"I
was worried. You're still my little girl who was seeing an older guy.
But I didn't know that he meant this much to you." Midori
explained.

"Yeah,
neither did I at first." Amu couldn't stop her tears. "Please
leave. I want to be alone."

Without
a word her mother left the room. Leaving Amu to think. She touched
the bracelet around her neck that Ikuto had given her.

Flashback

Amu
was helping Ikuto to pack his stuff when he suddenly grabbed her
wrist and put something in her hand.

"What's
this for?" Amu asked as she looked at the bracelet.

"Something
to remember me by." He showed the exact same bracelet around his
neck with Amu engraved on it. Amu again looked at her bracelet and
this time she noticed that there was Ikuto engraved on hers.

"But..
I didn't gate you anything." Amu said as Ikuto help her to put on
the bracelet.

"Yes
you did." Amu looked at him confused. "You gave me happiness."

End
of Flashback

Amu
needed something to clear her mind so she decided to walk out onto
her balcony for some fresh air. This used to be their balcony. How
many times has he come to visit her on this balcony?

"Ikuto..."
Amu whispered and closed her eyes.

"Did
you call for me?"

Amus
eyes shoot wide open and saw Ikutos head hanging upside down in
front og her just like the first time he came to visit. But instead
of spilling milk, she screamed.

"You're
too loud." Ikuto said as he dropped down in front of her.

"I-Ikuto?
W-Why are you here? How are you here?" Amu asked. She couldn't
believe her eyes.

"I'm
not allowed to visit my girlfriend?" Ikuto said with a smirk but
then he turned serious. "I couldn't leave you."

Amu
started crying all over again. "I-Is this a dream?"

"No."
Ikuto smirked. "Don't I get a hug? How mean."

After
Amu pinched herself a couple of times to make sure that she really
wasn't dreaming, she tackled him with a hug and almost knocked them
both off the balcony.

"Aww.
I didn't know you loved me this much." Ikuto teased and kissed her
cheek that was covered with tears.

"But
wait." Amu let got of him. "What about your dad?"

"What
about him?" Ikuto asked.

"He's
your family don't you need him?" Amu said.

"No."
Ikuto answered. "I got myself a new family."

Amu
felt overwhelmed with joy as they shared a passioned kiss under the
full moon.

The
End

This
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